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From Skeffington Poole [21 October 1858]

Summary

Information about about Kattywar (Kathiawari) horses in India.

Author:	Skeffington Poole
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	[21 Oct 1858]
Classmark:	Ronald Levine, Modern 1st Editions (dealer) (no date)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-2346G

Matches: 21 hits

… Information about about Kattywar (Kathiawari) horses in India. …
… interested in whether the dun colour in horses could appear when neither parent was dun, …
… have never known them in a chestnut. Black horses are very rare in India— (7) No crossing …
… don’t believe that any distinct breeds of horses whether “ dun ” or any other colour when …
… Premising the breed of horses inquired about, to be that of Kattywar. — I beg to offer the …
… a black, but there are various shades of it in the Katty horse— “Dunn” has nothing to do …
… with “ Cream Colour ” A “cream-coloured” horse has a mealy mouth , and this …
… is never seen in a “ Dun ” horse— Neither Bay nor Chestnut have anything to do with “ …
… Kutch the adjoining Province these coloured horses are numerous but worth very little in …
… of a domesticated ass, is general on all these pure Katty horses of the above colours— (2) …
… One half of the “Indian dun” horses may have a shoulder stripe, and also have the “ …
… with “dun”. There are also Mouse Coloured horses that you would not apply dun to at all. ( …
… many shades darker than the colour of the horses, and are called so from their resemblance …
… do I suppose the people of Kattywar, where these horses are bred ever saw or heard of a …
… besides which, the stripes on the Katty horse are not analogous to the Zebra— Colonel …
… come out as strong as before, and fade or grow out as the age of the horse increases, but …
… in some horses I have known the stripes perceptible at the age of 25 years (4) The “Tiger” …
… in “dun”, “Mouse-dun” and “Mouse” coloured horses, the stripes are common on both fore and …
… nose, also round the eyes— If this breed of horses of the above colour had not the stripes …
… would not be of the pure Katty breed—and horses of these colours without the stripes are …
… pure— There are plenty of these coloured horses in “India” but they are an inferior Animal …

To James Egan 8 November [1858]

Summary

Asks about dark stripes on shoulders and legs of Hungarian horses. Are stripes plainer in foal or adult?

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	James Egan
Date:	8 Nov [1858]
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.160)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-2354

Matches: 14 hits

… stripes on shoulders and legs of Hungarian horses. Are stripes plainer in foal or adult? …
… other correspondents: it is marked, ‘Questions (to China) about Asses & Horses Stripes’. …
… If such sh d occur, please give particulars, of size & colour of horse or pony. * …
… Any horse with leg or shoulder stripe would probably have the spinal stripe [ added ] It …
… to be ascertained, whether any coloured horse, having any such stripes. , was a breed …
… with some object, the colour of any horse with such stripes. But what I most want to …
… is whether such stripes are plainer in the foal or in the full-grown horse. In England …
… stripes are observed only on dun-coloured horses (By dun I mean dark cream-colour mixed …
… will produce a dun. — As Hungary is a great horse-breeding country, perhaps you could find …
… Ch. Darwin —Questions about Asses & Horses Stripes. — M r James Egasy Hotel Queen of …
… with any colours [ interl ] like a grey-horse? If any such cases occur, please state …
… large or small. Mules . Same queries. Horses . Are the legs, front or hind, or both, ever …
… My question refers to the colours of Horses, for I am trying to investigate the laws of …
… I have seen it stated in print that the Horses of Hungary, frequently have a dark stripe …

To Hugh Falconer 23 November 1857

Summary

Can HF ask Col. E. Dickie [probably Col. Edward John Dickey] enclosed questions about Indian horses? [Questions relate to striped markings on the Kutch breed of horses.]

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Hugh Falconer
Date:	23 Nov 1857
Classmark:	DAR 144: 20
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-2175

Matches: 12 hits

… Col. Edward John Dickey] enclosed questions about Indian horses? [Questions relate …
… to striped markings on the Kutch breed of horses. ] …
… the above stripes, strongly inherited, when such coloured horses are crossed with others. …
… 7. Are all the horses, whatever their colour may be, when striped , small and built like …
… upon Smith’s work for information on Indian horses ( Natural selection , pp. 329–30). …
… In Variation 1: 58–9, CD discussed the striped horses of India but did not mention either …
… Hamilton. 1843. The natural history of horses. The Equidæ or genus equus of authors. Vol. …
… the colours and markings of some Indian horses, from the very best authority, namely Col. …
… speaking of the Kutch or Kahleawar breed of horses, says “Kutch is the country where the …
… from Major Gwatkin that the Grey Kutch horses have a dorsal stripe and zebra-like marks on …
… heard of this before. 4. Are any Kutch horses cream-coloured; and have such the dorsal, or …
… shoulder, or leg stripes? 5. Chesnut horses often have a dorsal stripe: in India have they …

From Skeffington Poole 23 October 1858

Summary

Further information about about Kattywar (Kathiawari) horses in India.

Author:	Skeffington Poole
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	23 Oct 1858
Classmark:	Ronald Levine, Modern 1st Editions (dealer) (no date)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-2347F

Matches: 11 hits

… Further information about about Kattywar (Kathiawari) horses in India. …
… Charles Stanhope . The story about Kathiawari horses being sent to England has not been …
… some years ago, some of the Katty breed of horses were sent home to one of our Sovereigns, …
… England— It is to be traced to a breed of horses now to be seen at Elvaston Castle (Lord …
… you may quote my name— The true Kattywar horse is not a “Stumpy” “Cob- built” animal in …
… These are generally called “Tattoos” though they may be the height of a horse— The true …
… breed of Kattywar horses has much deteriorated in the last twenty years, and will soon …
… want of care. Not one twentieth of the horses being bred there now that there were thirty …
… years ago. There are many fine horses still in existence, but are difficult to be seen as …
… that of the tame ass, or the Kattywar horse and soon becomes [illeg] . The colour is much …
… occurrence to overtake them on the most fleet horse, although run over a country perfectly …

From R. T. Wright 2 August 1879

Summary

Lack of success in breeding horses in Bengal is related to damp climate. Encloses letter from F. G. Ravenhill concerning an unpublished report by the Stud Commission on animal breeds in Bengal.

Author:	Robert Temple Wright
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	2 Aug 1879
Classmark:	DAR 181: 177
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12178

Matches: 15 hits

… Lack of success in breeding horses in Bengal is related to damp climate. Encloses letter …
… James Herbert Brockencote. 1887. Government horse-breeding in India. [Read 6 May 1887. ] …
… called the “Chestnut Troop” because all the horses are of that colour— It is renowned for …
… which the Government of India gave up horse-breeding in Bengal. — The Commission consisted …
… the members were Colonel Ravenhill, Royal Horse Artillery, & M r . Hallen, Principal …
… reasons for recommending the abolition of horse breeding in Bengal, see Hallen 1887 . …
… two departments: Army Remount Operations and Horse-breeding Operations ( Hallen 1887 , p. …
… CD described high humidity as a problem for horses in Variation 1: 53. Jhelum, Rawalpindi, …
… of characteristics and diseases of the horse in Variation 1: 49–61 and 2: 10–11. ‘* …
… interesting Assistance to Breeders of Horses & cattle everywhere. Yes, the old Chesnut …
… Ravenhill— *i.e. A. Battery, A. Brigade Royal Horse Artillery formerly commanded by Col. …
… proper had a most deteriorating effect on the horses bred in them, though the stock was …
… replenished by arabs, & by thoroughbred horses & mares imported from England at enormous …
… report is illustrated by photographs of the horses, some of which were shown to me. — In …
… is baked & the sky is a furnace, both horses & cattle flourish in the dry heat almost as …

From C. A. Canfield 5 August 1871

Summary

Sends a series of factual corrections to Variation and Descent: barking of coyotes and colour of wild American horses.

Author:	Colbert Austin Canfield
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	5 Aug 1871
Classmark:	DAR 161: 39
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-7897

Matches: 17 hits

… to Variation and Descent : barking of coyotes and colour of wild American horses. …
… Top of letter : dash red crayon; ‘Colour of wild Horses’ pencil; ‘Polygamy [ Shorthorn ] & …
… generally at night) barking at a bear or at a horse staked out or at our dogs. The bark of …
… is more than I know. P.80,— Note — The wild horses of Western N. America are mostly dun - …
… roan, &c. ; and gray changing, as the horse grows older, to white. Most of the yellow, …
… color. The same is true of the mules bred among them. There was a race of “curly horses”, …
… or horses with the hair short & curled; that had been produced intentionally by selection …
… Caballada several hundred curly-haired horses. Vol. 2, p. 367. “Annual plants sometimes …
… us. P. 406; Note. — In the N. States, horses with white noses and muzzles, after eating …
… sending you. Vol. II, p. 230— Note — Where horses grow up and live quite or almost in a …
… 55–61, CD gave evidence for ancestral horses having been dun-coloured or roan. He amended …
… that in certain parts of North America wild horses were mostly dun and striped ( Variation …
… 2d ed. , 1: 64). CD discussed curly hair in horses in Variation 1: 54; he added Canfield’s …
… 2d ed. , 1: 56 n. 26). Caballada : herd of horses (Spanish). Variation 2: 305. The stock- …
… poisons, CD claimed that white-muzzled horses were more prone than others to ulceration of …
… kicking her, if necessary. My band of tame horses used to feed in the open plain and hills …
… occasions to drive her away from the wild horses and toward the valley where the Corral …

From George Howard Darwin [1 February 1870 or earlier]

Summary

Discusses buying a horse [for CD].

Author:	George Howard Darwin
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	[1 Feb 1870 or earlier]
Classmark:	DAR 210.2: 13
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-7090

Matches: 8 hits

… Discusses buying a horse [for CD]. …
… Piccadilly. George was trying to find a new horse for CD to replace Tommy, who had thrown …
… Arl. St. | Picc. My Dear Father, I went to a horse dealers on Wednesday to see if they had …
… man assured me that no London dealer wd allow his horses to go on trial, but he told me …
… the best way wd be to hire a horse from a riding school & go on changing until you were …
… went this m g . to the Grosvenor Riding School—where they keep about fifty horses & I saw …
… there a horse about 14.2 hands up to about 12 stone & wh. was so quiet that it had been …
… to pay rather higher than the value of the horse as the don’t profess to sell & they say …

To the Field [before 27 April 1861]

Summary

Requests facts concerning the colour of the parents of true dun horses. His interest also in the colour and presence of spinal stripes of dun horses or ponies before they lose their first hair.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	The Field
Date:	[before 27 Apr 1861]
Classmark:	The Field, the Farm, the Garden, the Country Gentleman’s Newspaper 17 (1861): 358
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-3128A

Matches: 10 hits

… facts concerning the colour of the parents of true dun horses. His interest also in …
… colour and presence of spinal stripes of dun horses or ponies before they lose their first …
… in the column ‘Notes and questions on natural history’, it was headed: ‘Dun horses’. CD …
… seeking information on the parentage of horses for inclusion in Variation . He had briefly …
… take the trouble to give me any facts on the colour of the two parents of true dun horses. …
… I mean by true duns, horses having a stripe or list along the the spine, and often …
… But I have occasionally seen dun cart-horses and hacks, which did not seem to have the …
… I have vainly asked the parentage of such horses, and vainly made inquiries from breeders. …
… one colt, bred from a black mare and bay horse, which might certainly be called a dun, and …
… on this subject; and likewise whether a dun horse or pony is always dun-coloured before it …

To Skeffington Poole 20 October [1858]

Summary

Asks about Kattywar (Kathiawari) horses in India.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Skeffington Poole
Date:	20 Oct [1858]
Classmark:	Ronald Levine, Modern 1st Editions (dealer) (no date)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-2346F

Matches: 6 hits

… Asks about Kattywar (Kathiawari) horses in India. …
… Kattywar) is a peninsula mostly in Gujarat state, India. Kattywar horses are now generally …
… known as Kathiawari horses. Possibly James Gray William Curtis . …
… information in your power. By native horses I meant any with which you were acquainted, …
… I have seen it stated that the Kattywar horses are stumpy or cob-built; but I notice that …
… rather long-legged or lanky & for Indian Horses tall. How is this, would you be so good as …

To W. D. Fox 16 April [1858]

Summary

Asks WDF for facts about stripes in horses and ponies.

Health has been very bad.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	William Darwin Fox
Date:	16 Apr [1858]
Classmark:	Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 112a)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-2256

Matches: 10 hits

… Asks WDF for facts about stripes in horses and ponies. Health has been very bad. …
… discussion of the aboriginal markings of horses and donkeys and of hybrid crosses in his …
… I know full well that you have. I find Horses of various colours often have a spinal band …
… it will throw light on colour of primeval Horse. So do help me if occasion turns up. — I …
… I believe, some quite thorough bred Chesnut horses: have any of these the spinal stripe. …
… Mouse-coloured ponies or rather small horses, often have spinal & leg bars. …
… So have Dun Horses (by Dun I mean real colour of cream mixed with brown bay or chesnut). — …
… Chesnuts, but I have not yet got case of spinal stripe in Chesnut Race Horse, or in …
… quite heavy Cart-Horse. — Any facts …
… of this nature of such stripes in Horses would be most useful to me. — There is parallel …

From John Coghlan 13 July 1871

Summary

JC offers to collect information under CD’s guidance.

Gives some notes on the colours of different horse breeds.

Mentions a wild duck that appears to be polygamous

and his observations on male ostriches with broods of young.

Author:	John Coghlan
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	13 July 1871
Classmark:	DAR 88: 164
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-7864

Matches: 12 hits

… some notes on the colours of different horse breeds. Mentions a wild duck that appears to …
… Frizzled horses are now more commonly …
… referred to as curly horses. In Variation …
… 1: 61, CD suggested that the ‘zain’ horse of Félix d’Azara was dun. Coghlan may refer to …
… afford me great pleasure to 5.4 I had … horses 5.6] crossed pencil; ‘Dom. Animals’ pencil …
… the English edition, a Russian breed of frizzled horses is mentioned in Variation 1: 54. …
… your Animals under Domestication, I find pencil marks on the Chapter Horses and Asses. …
… The frizzled horses (page 71) are not difficult to find. I have seen half a dozen amongst …
… Custom House. I had myself a chestnut carriage horse slightly frizzled, which the ladies …
… moiré I have not paid any attention to the mains, tails or hoofs of these horses The “ …
… gatcado” (striped) horse, very common here, is according to my experience generally dun. …
… have heard it stated that the “baguals” (wild horses) are generally Sainos. A few days ago …

From Lucy Caroline Wedgwood [25 April 1870]

Summary

Aggressive behaviour of dogs and horses.

Author:	Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	[25 Apr 1870]
Classmark:	DAR 181: 59
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-7174

Matches: 5 hits

… Aggressive behaviour of dogs and horses. …
… CD discussed the expressions of dogs and horses in Expression , pp. 117–18 and 129–30, …
… raising it on the other. I tried making a horse kick by whipping him behind when riding …
… once laid them flat as before biting. The horse when I scratch him stretches out his nose, …
… tried … behind] crossed pencil 3.1 The horse … & 3.2] crossed pencil Top of letter : ‘L. …

To Albert Way 7 April [1860]

Summary

Asks AW about archaeological evidence concerning the first appearance of dray horses.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Albert Way
Date:	7 Apr [1860]
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.205)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-2748

Matches: 8 hits

… Asks AW about archaeological evidence concerning the first appearance of dray horses. …
… may know when our gigantic dray or waggon Horses were first recorded or noticed. …
… There might be old drawings of heavy carts with horses not so heavy as our present ones …
… or some such evidence, that heavy cart-horses did not exist at a given date. — …
… unable to answer CD’s query. The chapter on the horse in Variation has no information on …
… the first appearance of the dray horse in England. The first issue of Notes and Queries , …
… I have read that the old knights in armour rode very powerful horses, but I presume …
… they were not waggon-horses. Do you know anyone, whom you meet at the archæological …

From W. B. Dawkins 17 July 1869

Summary

On the genealogy of the horse.

Author:	William Boyd Dawkins
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	17 July 1869
Classmark:	DAR 162: 123
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6834

Matches: 5 hits

… On the genealogy of the horse. …
… name ‘Hippidion’ for three species of extinct American horses ( Owen 1869 , p. 572). ‘ …
… Hipparion’ was a group of extinct old-world horses. Albert Gaudry had discussed the group …
… up in great measure the blank between Horse and Hipparians This discovery makes Mr. …
… Gaudry’s genealog of Horse very complete. The small sketch of the British mammals, ( …

From J. Knightly Ince [1857–61?]

Summary

Translates some German terms describing colour of horses.

Author:	J. Knightly Ince
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	[1857–61?]
Classmark:	DAR 261.11: 20 (EH 88206072)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6538

Matches: 5 hits

… Translates some German terms describing colour of horses. …
… from the subject matter, colours of horses. Most of CD’s letters on this subject were …
… Ince about German words for the colours of horses. He may have been reading Hofacker …
… German work on inheritance including a discussion of colour in horses. CD cited Hofacker …
… his discussion of inheritance of colour in horses in Variation 1: 59, and in a letter on …

From W. B. Tegetmeier [16–20 February 1868]

Summary

Encloses information on sex ratios in thoroughbred horses.

Author:	William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	[16–20 Feb 1868]
Classmark:	DAR 178: 80
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-5882

Matches: 5 hits

… Encloses information on sex ratios in thoroughbred horses. …
… instalment relating the Thoroughbred horses. If you will return the Coursing Calendar I …
… have sent CD the information on thoroughbred horses that he published in the Field , 22 …
… behalf for facts on the proportion of the sexes in horses and other domesticated animals. …
… Tegetmeier’s notice on horses was as follows: ‘By referring to the Racing Calendar for the …

From Samuel James Augustus Salter 20 November 1867

Summary

Has read CD’s queries in the Field regarding the markings of dun-coloured horses. JS has for some years been working on and observing the occurrence of ass-like striped markings in horses and wonders whether CD received any response to his queries.

Author:	Samuel James Augustus Salter
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	20 Nov 1867
Classmark:	DAR 177: 15
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-5686

Matches: 7 hits

… in the Field regarding the markings of dun-coloured horses. JS has for some years been …
… the occurrence of ass-like striped markings in horses and wonders whether CD received any …
… I find many persons, associated with horses all their lives, deny that it ever occurs. I …
… put by you, asking for information relative to the colouring & marking of horses. If I am …
… queries had reference to dun-coloured horses approximating asses in their characteristic …
… requested information about the colour of horses in letters published in the Field on 27 …
… add his observations to the section on the markings of horses in later editions of Origin. …

Groves, Colin P. and Ryder, O. A. 2000. Systematics and phylogeny of the horse. In The genetics of the horse, edited by Ann T. Bowling and Anatoly Ruvinsky. Wallingford: CABI Publishing.

Matches: 2 hits

… Groves, Colin P. and Ryder, O. A. 2000. Systematics and phylogeny of the horse. …
… In The genetics of the horse , edited by Ann T. Bowling and Anatoly Ruvinsky. Wallingford: …

To W. E. Darwin 20 November [1876]

Summary

Writes about the purchase of a horse.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	William Erasmus Darwin
Date:	20 Nov [1876]
Classmark:	DAR 210.6: 147
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10680

Matches: 5 hits

… Writes about the purchase of a horse. …
… Nov 20 th My dear W. The Horse will do very well, & the only fault John finds is that he …
… established by the reference to buying a new horse, and by the reference to the Hookers’ …
… Down House MS), CD recorded the purchase of a new horse for £75 on 20 November 1876. …
… The Darwins had had the horse on trial from Southampton for a month ( letter from Emma …

To W. E. Darwin 20 [January or February 1871?]

Summary

Asks WED’s help in acquiring expression photographs and engravings.

Wishes to send Langstaff a copy of his book [Expression], in gratitude for his valuable notes.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	William Erasmus Darwin
Date:	20 [Jan or Feb] 1871
Classmark:	Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR 32)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-8529

Matches: 8 hits

… 1871 ). There are two drawings by Wolf of horses’ heads depicting these expressions in DAR …
… Bonheur had achieved popularity in Britain for such works as Horse Fair (1855) ( EB ). …
… of the reference to expressions of horses (see n. 4, below), and by the relationship …
… sh d . much like engraving or photograph of savage horse with ears clearly dropped—mouth …
… protruded—teeth a little uncovered—& of Horse going to be fed & pleased. — How about any …
… see Expression , facing p. 202). CD described horses in a savage and pleased state in …
… Expression , pp. 129–30, but there are no images of horses in the book. …
… He tried to obtain photographs of paintings of horses with these expressions in 1871 (see …

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Darwin’s reading notebooks

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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…

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… as tendrils into stump Library of useful knowledge Horse, cow, sheep [Youatt 1831, 1834, 1837 …
… [Bevan 1838] Harlaam Phys. & Medic. researches on the Horse in N. America— [Harlan 1835] …
… 9. p. 229. “A comparative view of the form of the race-horse during past & present century. …
… & Feb. number 1841. Karkeek on the geological History of the Horse [Karkeek 1841]. (not read.) …
… Magazine ] to end of 1838. —— Youatt on the Horse [Youatt 1831] Library of Useful K. …
… Pallas on Variation [Pallas 1780], on Ass [Pallas 1777b], on horse-tailed Taurus [Pallas 1777a]). …
… von Humboldt 1845–8]. Vol. 1 Nov. 12 Martin on the Horse [W. C. L. Martin 1845b] —— …
… Coast of Devon [Gosse 1853]. —— Lawrence on the Horse [J. Lawrence 1829] 21 Tournefort …
… the form and character of the English racer and saddle-horse during last and present …
… Karkeek, William Floyd. 1841. The geological history of the horse. Veterinarian n.s. 14: 25–31, …
… *119: 23; 119: 23b Lawrence, John. 1829. The horse in all his varieties and uses; his …
… Memoirs of E. Ludlow, Esq.; lieutenant general of the horse . 3 vols. Vivay. [Other eds.] …
… 119: 16a ——. 1845b. The history of the horse: its origin … with an appendix on the …
… a series of highly-finished engravings representing the horse and the dog . London. *119: 3v. …
… *128: 157; 128: 22 Youatt, William. 1831. The horse; with a treatise on draught. …

Darwin on marriage

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On 11 November 1838 Darwin wrote in his journal ‘The day of days!’. He had proposed to his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, and been accepted; they were married on 29 January 1839. Darwin appears to have written these two notes weighing up the pros and cons of…

Matches: 1 hits

… else possible[6] in small house, near Regents Park—keep horse—take Summer tours Collect[7] specimens …

Darwin on childhood

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On his engagement to his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, in 1838, Darwin wrote down his recollections of his early childhood. Life. Written August–– 1838 My earliest recollection, the date of which I can approximately tell, and which must have been before…

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… the canal by the towing rope, by going wrong side of the horse..–– I had greatest horror of this …

British Association meeting 1860

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Several letters refer to events at the British Association for the Advancement of Science held in Oxford, 26 June – 3 July 1860. Darwin had planned to attend the meeting but in the end was unable to. The most famous incident of the meeting was the verbal…

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… hybridism, as was seen in the closely-allied forms of the horse and the ass. Mr. Darwin’s …

Alfred Russel Wallace’s essay on varieties

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The original manuscript about varieties that Wallace composed on the island of Gilolo and sent to Darwin from the neighbouring island of Ternate (Brooks 1984) has not been found. It was sent to Darwin as an enclosure in a letter (itself missing), and was…

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… allies. The great speed but slight endurance of the race horse, the unwieldy strength of the …

Essay: Evolution & theology

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—by Asa Gray EVOLUTION AND THEOLOGY The Nation, January 15, 1874 The attitude of theologians toward doctrines of evolution, from the nebular hypothesis down to ‘Darwinism,’ is no less worthy of consideration, and hardly less diverse, than that of…

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… and with the same limitations, as, for example, the horse from the palaeotherium. ’ In …

Essay: Natural selection & natural theology

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—by Asa Gray NATURAL SELECTION NOT INCONSISTENT WITH NATURAL THEOLOGY. Atlantic Monthly for July, August, and October, 1860, reprinted in 1861. I Novelties are enticing to most people; to us they are simply annoying. We cling to a long-accepted…

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… period, wild-horses—certainly very much like the existing horse—roamed over those plains in …
… and hand of a monkey, the foreleg and foot of a dog and of a horse, the wing of a bat, and the fin …

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